Vegetable insets provide an interesting way to showcase raw or steamed veggies along a buffet line. A vegetable inset’s usefulness is not limited to vegetables, however, as an inset full of soup or stew could be placed in a steam table and will maintain proper temperature. In order to keep your steamed veggies or soup at its serving temperature, Royal Industries recommends using its 5” stainless steel notched lid for vegetable inset (ROY IST 5 C). This lid matches Royal’s 2 1/8-qt. stainless steel vegetable inset (ROY IST 5, sold separately).